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verb

past tense of stuff
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as in gorged
to fill with food to capacity kids who stuff themselves with junk food after school and then don't have any room for supper

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as in crammed
to fit (people or things) into a tight space stuffed all the kids into the back of the car

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Recent Examples of stuffed
Adjective
Start with a smattering of appetizers ranging from stuffed oysters to coconut shrimp to wahoo fish dip, then choose your seafood adventure. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2026 The only other guests were our daughter’s dolls and stuffed animals. — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Some Vespas featured flowers and stuffed animals. — David Biller, Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2026 Once the children returned from check-in, the organizers greeted them with Danimals drinkable yogurts, their new backpacks and stuffed animals. — Miami Herald, 25 June 2026 Inside, Sophie loves to play with her baby dolls and stuffed animals. — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026 Hearty options at The Farmhouse Cafe like stuffed hashbrowns are adventure fuel. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026 The elaborate staging kept with the song’s energy, with the group bursting out of a giant pink teddy bear outfitted with speakers for paws, interrupting a tea party scene populated by extras with pinkies raised, before launching into the track amid a cascade of colour and floating stuffed animals. — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Barbies, stuffed animals, cowgirl hats, and handwritten notes now surround the original cross placed at the site after her death. — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 20 May 2026
Verb
Now the restaurant — serving French onion soup, stuffed chicken Caesar croissants, egg crepes and more — is heading to the KC metro. — Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026 For this argument Thomasine was jailed—stuffed into a damp, stinking, deadly stone cell crawling with rats and lice—to force her to change her beliefs. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Defensive end Tony Carter stuffed a rushing attempt by backup quarterback Skyler Williams for a 1-yard loss, setting the Red Wolves up with their best starting field position to that point. — Michael Harley, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026 Georgia denied the Sooners’ 2-point-conversion attempt, as Wilson and Elijah Griffin stuffed tailback Lloyd Avant for no gain, leaving the score 28-6. — Mike Griffith, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Unlike the traditional baked dish of littlenecks stuffed with bacon and breadcrumbs, Jimmy’s version comes as a bowl of thumbnail-sized Manila clams tossed with guanciale, compound butter and breadcrumbs. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Hall was stopped short on third-and-2, then Braelon Allen was stuffed on a shotgun run on fourth down. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026 Her fiction is cluttered with bric-a-brac, bits and bobs, stuffed into boxes and drawers and cupboards—remnants of someone’s past. — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026 Order one with jam and butter, or go savory and get a biscuit topped with vegetarian gravy or stuffed with bacon, lettuce and tomato. — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stuffed
Adjective
  • Taylor received the medication in four pre-filled syringes, but wanted a lower dose.
    — Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
  • New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have introduced or passed legislation penalizing the practice and requiring employers to disclose hiring timelines or remove filled postings, while Texas has opened its own investigation into a major job board.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • There are six bedrooms overall with six full bathrooms and one half bathroom.
    — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Kyiv wants Moscow to accept a Black Sea ceasefire that would allow full deliveries to resume, Zelenskyy said.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Volunteers also packed hygiene kits with everyday essentials and wrote notes that would eventually reach people outside the gym.
    — Jamal Goss, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The highest was 61,273 for the Jaguars-Bills game in 2023 when Buffalo fans packed the stadium.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • America’s Poison Centers’s national helpline receives more than 60,000 calls about possible vitamin poisoning every year, mostly from parents alarmed after their children have accidentally gorged on the chewy sweets.
    — Cat Rainsford, Popular Science, 23 July 2026
  • And while fans have been sated by the footballing feast, FIFA and its member associations have gorged on the tournament’s fruits.
    — Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • The rivers of people who crammed central Paris and their joyful enthusiasm rivaled other communal, though nonreligious, moments of celebration that marked France in recent decades.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The rivers of people who crammed central Paris and their joyful enthusiasm rivaled other communal but non-religious moments of celebration that marked France in recent decades.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Most of those steps have been blocked by various courts, in part because the Constitution gives states and Congress the authority to set election rules, but provides no such power to the president.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
  • First, Wheaton North’s Johnny Clayton intercepted a tipped pass, but the offense couldn’t move the ball, and the subsequent punt was blocked by Clark Jensen.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Moore spent several minutes on the field before being loaded onto a cart and taken to Los Angeles General Medical Center by ambulance.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Trader Joe’s is also loaded up with all things miniature this year.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • With the Yankees already log-jammed with first-base/DH types — Stanton can’t play the outfield anymore — Boone added that the former MVP would probably be used as a pinch-hitter, if anything.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • There are a number of ways to find your way if GPS is jammed, spoofed, or just isn't there.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2026

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“Stuffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuffed. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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